[Ohrrpgce] My strange errors are resolved (it was a kernel bug)

[James Paige]

Yes, I think it was an ubuntu-only kernel patch. One of the comments in
that bug said something like running the previous kernel was a workaround
but had security implications, so it was probably an overly hasty
application of a security fix.

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James

On Thursday, July 30, 2015, Ralph Versteegen <teeemcee at gmail.com> wrote:

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>
> On 31 July 2015 at 03:28, James Paige <Bob at hamsterrepublic.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','Bob at hamsterrepublic.com');>> wrote:
>
>> All those strange errors I was talking about on IRC are now resolved.
>> They were caused by a bug in a kernel update 2 days ago, and fixed by a
>> kernel update this morning
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1479093
>>
>> Looks like it was affecting a very large number of 32bit programs on
>> 64bit systems.
>>
>> It was the cause of my FreeBasic 0.90 failure, my ohrrpgce failure, and
>> an assortment of other small crazy things that were happening on my system
>> over the past 2 days. I feel very relieved that it has been fixed :)
>>
>> ---
>> James
>>
>
> Wow, that's a remarkably alarming kernel bug! Or was it Ubuntu-only?
> Ubuntu are known for patching everything heavily, and I couldn't find any
> more information about it.
>
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